The Palomas Chief Mine is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.16611, -107.70278
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Palomas Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palomas Chief Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hermosa (Palomas) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Alvin W. Emerick
Home Office: Box 97 Winston, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Extensive Faulting Formed A Wide Zone Trending About N 15 W Which Was Cross Cut By Many Smaller Northeast Trending Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FOR COMPLETE ORE MINERALOGY SEE JICHA, 1954 P766
Comment (Location): THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS ABOUT 1000 FT EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE OLD PALOMAS MINING CAMP.
Comment (Production): THE PALOMAS CHIEF MINE WAS CREDITED WITH ABOUT 500000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE, PRINCIPALLY IN SILVER, PRIOR TO 1904.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO INCLUDE A TUNNEL 2800 FT IN LENGTH, MORE THAN 10000 FT OF DRIFTS AND RAISES, NUMEROUS ADITS AND SIX VERTICAL SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE HERMOSA DISTRICT. ADDITIONAL HOST ROCK FORMATIONS INCLUDE PENN. MAGDALENA GROUP, MISS. KELLY FORMATION, MISS. LAKE VALLEY FORMATION, ORD. VALMONT FORMATION AND ORD. MONTOYA FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHOOTS WITHIN FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONES, OR IN BEDS AND POCKETS ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES OF DOLOMITE. ALL VALUABLE ORES OCCUR BELOW AN IMPERMEABLE SHALE OVERLYING THE DOLOMITE AND MANY LARGE ORE BODIES WERE FOUND AT FAULT-FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS. 1 PATENTED CLAIM COVERING 10.329 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.267
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P95
Reference (Deposit): JICHA, H.L. JR., 1954 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL 49, NO 7, P.759-778
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1955 NMBMMR CIRC 33, 14 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): 5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): LINDGREN, AND OTHERS, 1910 P267
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